May 26, 20123:20 AM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the risky business of running for president, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are largely playing it safe.

May 26, 20126:02 AM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is paying tribute to veterans during Memorial Day weekend, honoring those willing to sacrifice their lives for their country.

May 25, 20127:47 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. House members who are trying to make the step up to the Senate this year are finding themselves on the defensive about Washington experience that traditionally has been a big asset.

May 25, 20123:21 AM ET

When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney decried President Barack Obama as beholden to the nation's teachers' unions and unable to stand up for reform, he glossed over four years of a relationship that has been anything but cozy.

May 24, 201210:04 PM ET

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Barack Obama delivered his harshest rebuttal yet to rival Mitt Romney on Thursday, dismissing his challenger's claims as "a cowpie of distortions" while seeking to rekindle the all-but-faded Iowa magic that launched him in 2008. Escalating his criticism of Romney's background as a venture capitalist, Obama said it wasn't adequate preparation for the presidency.

May 24, 20123:37 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions.

May 25, 20121:56 PM ET

The battle between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney will be the most expensive presidential contest ever — by a long shot.

May 25, 201211:33 AM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is sidestepping an election-year confrontation with the hotel industry and other pool owners to give them more time to comply with access rules for the disabled.

May 25, 20121:50 PM ET

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The story line on the Republican Senate race in Texas is a now familiar one: A veteran politician supported by the GOP establishment is challenged by a young insurgent backed by national conservative groups.